Editing Hit point

'''Hit points''' are a common [[game mechanic]] for tracking [[damage]].  It is often abbreviated as '''HP'''.

In games which use hit points, a [[character]] has a certain number of hit points when she is at full health as determined by various game-specific factors such as [[class]] and [[level]].  This total is reduced as the character sustains [[damage]] in battle.  When the character's hit points are reduced to zero, the consequences vary.  In some games, this represents character death.  In others, it means merely being knocked out.  Some games have a negative hit points buffer that represent a character's ability to survive such incapacitating wounds, provided medical attention can be obtained.

Hit points are used by ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' and most [[d20 System]] games, among others.

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